Rush first rock show announced in Farm Bureau Live 2013 season

Photo from Atlantic Records by Andrew MacNaughtan

Photo from Atlantic Records by Andrew MacNaughtan

Sam McDonald

Canadian rock power trio Rush will return to Virginia Beach in May, helping the Farm Bureau Live amphitheater's 2013 season blast off with high-volume guitars, precision drumming and darting bass lines.

Folks with Live Nation concerts announced that the band's Clockwork Angels Tour will visit the amphitheater on May 5, a Sunday. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28 through Ticketmaster.

Fans will have reason to celebrate with the band reaches Hampton Roads. Rush -- Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart -- will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in Los Angeles on April 18.

Here's part of an official press release.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (January 22nd, 2013) – Live Nation announced today that due to overwhelming demand, the highly acclaimed RUSH Clockwork Angels Tour will return to North America for a selection of dates this summer. Beginning in April, fans will be able to catch RUSH in a number of new markets not visited on last year’s highly successful tour ... Rush’s 20th studio album, Clockwork Angels has earned rapturous accolades by fans and press alike since its release June 12th of last year. Describing Clockwork Angels as “an extremely accomplished piece of music composed and performed absolutely flawlessly” by The Quietus; Q magazine called the taut songcraft “utterly engaging”; Rolling Stone declared “the power-trio interplay could put guys half their age in the burn ward”, while All Music Guide succinctly summed up “Clockwork Angels demonstrates why, after 36 years, Rush’s fan base continues to grow. Its musical athleticism and callisthenic discipline are equaled only by its relentless creative drive and its will to express it in a distinct musical language”; and The Guardian UK claimed, "Those who worship at the temple of Rush will be in raptures; for those who remain agnostic, there may well be enough here to justify a leap of faith."